Please follow the instruction below: Argumentative Research

Introduction What are you truly curious about? Research starts with a genuine desire to investigate and to understand some problem or issue that intrigues you, that matters to you. This desire will pull you through the hard work research involves. But you can make the work easier if you treat it like a process, one that you divide into steps or phases. During the process, you may experience many eureka moments of discovery. Writing a research paper is more like following a spiral than a straight line. As you find sources in the library and on the Internet, you may form a rough outline or start writing brief notes. Later, after finding information that relates to your purpose and your arguments, you can start adding to your notes…Keep the spiral idea in mind… as you do your research and write your paper (Palmer, Discovering Arguments). Guided Argumentative Research Essay Assignment In an essay of 6-8 double-spaced pages, choose a clear and arguable position. According to Bullock et al. in The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook, an arguable position means “a positi ‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍ on (which) reflect(s) one of at least two points of view, making reasoned argument necessary” (169). Try to choose a substantive issue that intrigues you. Don’t forget to use the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos to reach your audience. Similarly, a “trustworthy tone” is important because it shows readers you are fair-minded and honest (169). Essentially, you are choosing a side on an issue and explaining to the reader WHY you believe your position is correct based upon your evidence. This is a persuasive paper. Be sure to include the necessary background information (context) so that readers can understand the topic. Provide sound reasons to back up your position. Give “convincing evidence” to back up your reasons, including “facts, statistics, expert testimony, anecdotal evidence, case studies, textual evidence” (169). The evidence you use must include a minimum of four academic sources—dating back to 2000 and no earlier—in a thoughtful way. Your essay must also include one counterargument (the opposite view of your position), as well as your rebuttal (response) to this opposing viewpoint. Follow MLA formatting standards, including the use of signal phrases to identify new sources, proper in-text citati ‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌‍‍ ons, and Works Cited pages.